Tires to take to the strip

[Evil Red Demon]

Starting to look at better rear tires for my trips to the drag strip this summer to replace the BFG Traction T/A's I'm running now. I think the 245/50/16 is the right size and I have kinda narrowed it down to these two tires but maybe y'all can give me more insight on what might be best for my mostly stock 3.8/A4. I will be installing a LSD/3.42's soon.

Here are the two I'm looking at now:

BFG Sport COMP2: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes

Nitto NT555R: http://www.americanmuscle.com/nitto-...245-50-16.html

[Docta]

Re: Tires to take to the strip

NT05's are far superior to the 555's

[insidethreat07]

Re: Tires to take to the strip

Or even NT05R. I had nitto555 all last year at the track, never had a problem. I upgraded to MT ET Streets this year

[bigbrian442]

Re: Tires to take to the strip

The Nitto's are drag radials, The BFG's are not. The Nitto's are also $155 ea with free shipping from discounttiredirect.com.

[Docta]

Re: Tires to take to the strip

Go all out, get a Hoosier quick time pro, if it has to be street driven as well. The NItto will last longer, but the QTP will hook 4x as well...

[Evil Red Demon]

Re: Tires to take to the strip

I forgot about the NT05R's... They made my list also. Seems like theyd be better since theyve got that nice big patch of rubber right down the middle. Being a drag radial, would they require a burnout? Is it going to be too much traction thus making me slower over all?

[Evil Red Demon]

Re: Tires to take to the strip

Oh ****, Nittos website says they dont make either NT05 or 05R in the 245/50/16 .... Or any 16 for that matter.

[insidethreat07]

Re: Tires to take to the strip

I forgot about the NT05R's... They made my list also. Seems like theyd be better since theyve got that nice big patch of rubber right down the middle. Being a drag radial, would they require a burnout? Is it going to be too much traction thus making me slower over all?

Yea even when I had street tires I always did some sort of small burnout just to try and get the water off the tires.
I try to go around the water box and pull up enough were I can back up, I back up just far enough where my back tires are on the edge of the water box, start in 2nd, make sure asr is off, and give her hell lol

[Evil Red Demon]

Re: Tires to take to the strip

Yeah, I dig a quick little spin on my tires over the weekend before each pass just to clean them.. No smoke, just a couple revolutions. Mostly because the moron running the Lexas and Jeep Charokee in front of me felt it necessary to roll into the water box and try to do huge burnouts and thus dragging water into the lanes. It was made worse by the kid in the Lexas rolling up to the tree and trying to stage...

[Evil Red Demon]

Re: Tires to take to the strip

What about the NT01's? I know it says for road racing but there is a lot of rubber on those babies and they come in the right size. Are they going to be stiffer on the side walls and less forgiving in a drag racing application?

http://www.nittotire.com/Tire/nt01

[transamtom1]

Re: Tires to take to the strip

I love my MT DR's 275/40/17 on a stock LS1 with a 3600 stall 1.70 60fts all day long.

[96blackmaro]

Re: Tires to take to the strip

I have no issues with my street tires. I see no reason for a stock v6 to go and run dr, but thats my opinion. Those traction tas suck about as bad as any tire I have ever had.